VW Golf Mk2 Owners Club

Upgraded exhaust advice

June 24, 2025, 08:45:55 PM

Hey all,

i brought the stainless steel 4-1 manifold, the one from ebay. How ever unlike the standard one, it doesn't have the little bit of heat shield on it, assuming to reduce the heat source under the main wiring loom across the top of the bulkhead

Now do i ignore it, fit the manifold and forget about it ?

or is worth wrapping the manifold down to heat shield would of been, and when stationary the heat just raises upto the loom any way. now perhaps slightly hotter due the nature of a wrap.

or wrap the loom as someone else suggested, so heat doesn't transfer in to it

hoping some one else has thought about this and can offer advice,

1.8 gti 8v engine

Re: Upgraded exhaust advice

Reply #1 – July 02, 2025, 11:41:47 AM

Personally I'd heat wrap it. In my experience stainless headers give off a lot of heat.

Re: Upgraded exhaust advice

Reply #2 – Today at 07:35:15 AM

Agreed, whenever I fit a stainless manifold, I always wrap from the headers down to where it joins the exhaust under the car.